They tried to push the A-Rod feeding frenzy to the top of the list even before the fricking game was over.

If the Sox pass over Lowell to go after him, I'd seriously consider turning in my lifetime membership in their fan club. I don't care what kind of gaudy numbers he puts up in the regular season, we don't need him. He's a LOSER.

Happily, part of that obsession will fade next year as the Yankees stumble to an 81-81 season. But the resulting focus on just a single team might be even harder to take than the current overwrought focus on two.
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Yep, probably. Coastism rather than East Coastism may be responsible, though. I seem to recall a fair amount of saturation coverage of the Lakers.
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